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DALTON TOMICH <br /> 719 Griswold St. • Suite 270 • Detroit, Michigan 48226 <br /> P:313-859-6000 F:313-859-8888 www.daItontomich.com <br /> April 17, 2018 <br /> City of Pleasanton Planning Commission <br /> City Administration Building <br /> P.O. Box 520 <br /> Pleasanton, CA. 94566 <br /> Via email, only. <br /> RE: Chabad of Tri-Valley California <br /> CUP Project No. P-16-0288 <br /> Dear City Council Members: <br /> In conjunction with the Law Office of James G. Schwartz our law firm represents the Chabad of <br /> Tri-Valley, a California Religious Non for Profit Corporation, regarding the development of its <br /> property for outdoor use. The purpose of this letter is to recount facts that you may not be aware <br /> of as well as the current state of the law should the Planning Commission decide to decline to <br /> approve the Conditional Use Permit at its hearing on March 28, 2018. I will be attending the <br /> hearing that evening with my client. <br /> What is Chabad? <br /> By way of background, my client, been serving the Orthodox Jewish communities of Pleasanton, <br /> Dublin and Livermore, California since 2005. We are a Chabad. Chabad is an acronym for <br /> chochmah-binah-da'at(wisdom, understanding,knowledge).The term signifies the philosophical- <br /> theological approach of a world-wide Jewish Hassidic movement founded over 200 years ago, <br /> synthesizing the standard and mystical trends in Judaism, seeking a spiritual regeneration of all <br /> Jews to strengthen Jewish religious identification and life-style. <br /> Followers of this movement, known as "Chabad Hassidim," or "Lubavitch Hassidim," cover the <br /> total spectrum of population, i.e., rabbis, teachers, academics, medical practitioners, lawyers, <br /> businessmen, artists, and every other kind of profession or livelihood. Contemporary followers are <br /> guided and inspired by the teachings of the last head of this movement, the late Grand-Rabbi <br /> Menachem M. Schneerson, known as the Lubavitcher Rebbe and universally recognized as the <br /> foremost Jewish spiritual leader of the 20th century. Rabbi Schneerson taught that it is incumbent <br /> upon every Jew, layman no less than clergy, to seek the spiritual and material welfare of all their <br /> co-religionists as well as mankind at large, and especially to impress Jewish tradition upon every <br /> Jew. <br />